The Good Girl Wound

A Fawn Response Recovery Guide for Women Who Were Taught Their Worth Depended on Others' Approval

239 pagesPublished 30 July 2026Kindle, paperback & hardcoverPeople Pleasing Recovery

You were raised to be agreeable, helpful, and easy to like. You were never told what it would cost.

Good girls get praised. They also get overlooked, over-relied upon, and quietly resented when they finally ask for something. The conditioning is so ordinary that most women never recognise it as conditioning at all, only as who they are.

This book looks at how that training meets the fawn response, and how it plays out specifically in motherhood, marriage, female friendship, and the workplace. Putting yourself first will feel wrong long before it feels right, and that feeling is not a sign you are doing it badly.

The Good Girl Wound is Book Seven of The People Pleaser Recovery Series.

For women who are exhausted by being the reliable one and ready to define their worth on their own terms.

The series

The People Pleaser Recovery Series

  1. The Fawn Response
    Book 1The Fawn Response
  2. Afraid to Be Disliked
    Book 2Afraid to Be Disliked
  3. Keeping the Peace Is Costing You Everything
    Book 3Keeping the Peace Is Costing You Everything
  4. Raised to Please
    Book 4Raised to Please
  5. The Guilt of No
    Book 5The Guilt of No
  6. Always Giving, Never Getting
    Book 6Always Giving, Never Getting
  7. The Good Girl Wound
    Book 7The Good Girl WoundYou are here
Nadia Ellison

About the author

Nadia Ellison

People-Pleasing Recovery Guide

Nadia Ellison has spent years studying the psychology behind one of the most common, and most misunderstood, human patterns: the compulsion to keep everyone else happy, no matter the personal cost. Her work sits at the intersection of trauma psychology, attachment theory, and practical self-help.

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